Conscience

It
is a natural attribute to feel guilty when we do something that is
harmful for us. This is a self survival mechanism created to
help us navigate this life of land mines that can totally destroy our
life. The Bible makes it clear that the purpose is for our own
protection. Ultimately if we decide to go against our guilty
feelings we will suffer the consequence up to death. The
conscience can be used as a guide to help us walk in a safe manner as
we navigate this life or it can become an enemy that constantly
strives against our desires that we may have given into.Depending
on what your decision has been you will either condemnyour
actions in your conscience and respond accordingly or you
will excuseyour
actions in your conscience and try to ignore the nagging guilt or
rationalize it away. Regardless of the decision, all men must
deal with the inner man called the conscience.From
the earliest days of our lives we can remember that we were told not
to run into the street, don't play with knives, fire, and later on
don't have sex outside of marriage, don't take drugs, don't drink
alcohol, etc. All of these rules were really just warnings from
our parents or caregivers that were intended to keep us from harm.
Since we were so young we did not know the dangers that awaited us in
the world. We needed someone who had already been down the path
and experienced the pain brought on by ignoring these warnings to
enlighten us. It was our decision to believeour
parents/caregivers and heed the warnings or ignorethe
warnings and check it out for ourselves. Obviously everyone has
checked it out themselves many times in their lives and found
validity in the warnings of their childhood. It was never
necessary for us to be taught how to ignore these warnings. It
was natural for us to want to give into them. So then the
conscience is meant to convict us of our actions so that we will
change them to survive. Much in the same way that a toddler
responds when he first begins to walk. At first he manages to
pull himself up on something like the sofa and begins his balancing
act for the first time. After a very short time, he loses his
balance and falls to the floor. This may create quite a bit of
pain until he learns to put out his arm to buffer the landing.
The pain he may feel when he hits the floor will be a staunch
reminder that the action he just took has a consequence called pain.
This is the way our bodies teach us that not all actions are good for
us. This consequence however, is minor as nature softly begins
life's lessons. As we grow we are presented with many, many
more opportunities to play chicken with the consequences. We
have the same decisions to make that we started out with as a child,
such as whether to believe those that deliver the warnings or ignore
them. Regardless of your personal religious beliefs, you will
constantly face these decisions in your life. Do not speed, Do
not get drunk in public, do not drink and drive, don't be late to
work, do not harm others. Whatever the warning, there is a
consequence to it if disobeyed. The bible says that the
punishment of God resides on the disobedient. Put plainly,
there is a consequence for every action that violates God’s natural
design. It matters not if you choose to disbelieve His warning.
Three
men are standing on a 15,000 foot cliff that towers above a bed of
sharp jagged rocks. One is a Christian. One is a Muslim
and one is an atheist. Which one will survive if they all three
jump off? Exactly, none of them because they all broke the
natural law of gravity. It is much the same with all of God’s
laws be they physical laws, dietary laws, sexual laws, etc. Even
a Christian will pay the natural consequence of His actions while he
is on this planet. It does not matter if you are a Christian or
unbeliever, if you violate God’s dietary laws you will pay a
consequence in your body in the form of sickness. Paul
stated in scripture that he always strove to have a clear conscience
before God. Acts
23:1 (KJV)And
Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have
lived in all good conscience before God until this day.Acts
24:16 (KJV)And
herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of
offence toward God, and toward men.He
knew that would be profitable for him, for God and for those who
heard him. That is part of trusting God and taking Him at His word.
If we have a clear conscience we can know that we are being
honest with ourselves and with God. This is what the Lord
requires from us, truth in the inward parts.Psalms
51:6 (KJV)Behold,
thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou
shalt make me to know wisdom.In
conclusion; our conscience is our spiritual GPS (God
Positioning Satellite) that communicates with God to give us
direction in our life. If we have this GPS turned on, we can
walk through life with confidence and a clear conscience
communicating with the Lord continuously and avoiding many
consequences but if our GPS does not work, we are in for a life of
torment and ultimate destruction.How
does one turn this GPS on? By trusting in Christ Jesus alone.
He is the Way, The Truth and the Life and only by following Him
can we have hope in this life and the life to come. Romans
10:9-13

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